Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-10

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nov LIVE w.srsax CIT sGvn IN sssessa
or ACCOMMODATING THE ruuSu
Prom the kansas cssy r,mes. ppA.s.
In no way Is Kansas city, growth more nm.
ngE shown than In the rsnarkabls Aevs>spoas
VI her stree raiiwayS From ab0oaute1y -
worst 70 be found anywhere her stxeet railway
Vseem hne In three yean become acond 70 none
ana In another year Il VIII Be the mose osopre
nenNe IN the United States. Besides having the
oaay csevated road In America oussade rev Yost
kansas City has four and one.nsu mi,es a. enuo,e
ereck eeole road In operation ten miles partially
competed and nine miles under coutrAcA Ths
roaas ALREADY built ana those IN cuuYse a cuo.
suvcuon represent IN expenditure az sSOmo no
an suaitaon 70 thes. roads which YIN hfinr every
business center, q comprehensay ayrsrm a 6,rur.
Dan roads has been projected which vhcn ccsn-
%css ~ vii non MAKE resaaencs IN enc sberss
Three years ago Kansas CITY, q has See1 Ia
boosted Of the poorest street raway .rSscs ~ ~
miles Of ros wa. S %Sosg ia. Ss%sss'd ss
uwarnsh muleS naturally slow, wsre NunervS
ana ss BE Ss ss sss The nan
as lll kept az even an Indian could have wtshed
IN 1888 the Kansas city cable railway company
az Streets iee ia% o. cable line On IN -.
travel in June Isss, and almost immedissssy
ton OF an extension from sth and Woodland
on independence avenue 70 Prospect avenue and
later me extension on 9th street 90 Prspect ava
nue. WAS commenced Both extensions each Of
which is one mile In length, were completed "a
year. In 1855 the company began the Tryssr
avenue extension. The line, which is two and one-
han miles ine length, runs from sth aress a
Troost avenue to the city limits It's Completion
this year will give the Kansas City cable rsilrts1
company seven miles OF double TRACK road WIN
this line the system win have cot al yJO om
posed Principally OF Boston csptsSs @nisk G S1s-
has converted the oh street and Wyandotte M
Into cable road. The track Is compleied frum
S.n ana Walnut ain streets 70 9th and Mulberry
the line from Mulberry street 70 Wysndotie. The
road, which viii consist Of four miles OF double
20 Wyandotte by next October. The same c.m.
Pany mas let contracts for the l2th street cable
nnes which van run from West Kansas 70 The Por.
double track, will be IN operation By January.
lStS. Thsee Two lines viii cos the NetropoltaR
In addition 20 these lines the GRIND avenue o.l,e
railway company last year began the construciaon
OF the 10th street cable line three miles In length
OF mile east OF the Porter road TrNOk hSs heen
laid from Campbell street 20 Pruepect avenue and
the road Will be open for travel early In the sum
mer.
The other east and west rapid transit line N the
elevated railroad Work was begun ON the road
isst spring and the formal opening took place IN
extending west along 9th street nom O. Lou
avenue 2 tfestle-work TO the kAw liver aftsr
Is three miles In length, by Oonnectaon WIN tSs
IN M st[see osole road, makes the time bstwssn
WyAn0otte and Main street, Kanas city, abouI
has already obtained the signatures OF Q majosSty
OF property owners for \ cable line running nom
sns 81 Louis avenue terminus OF the eisvssed
rAd through tunnel on 9Th street TO 0sapd
avenue. The extension wlI he built this year q
an 00Sssy o! e5oo making the total oost q the
dnsefssete Rapid Transit c0mpanys line 81, 100
From this It win be seen that BY the epd oe the
present. year Kansas city viii be supplied Win
eastern city limits 20 the union depot Win q oah,s
ana elevated road from Grand avenue TO Wysn-
aSste md with cable road from Walnut stress TO
with the Independence avenue horse car line nun
ming from Walnut street to woodland avenue
AZ aadluon 70 the Kansas city cable railway
c0mpany's Troost avenue extension, which via
anord the residents OF the southeastern portion &C
the cty Vrect transit 70 the junction anc thO
has already ordered the material FOR the esrHnd
avenue cable line. The road work on which VIA
pe oegun as soon as the weather will permit viii
run from the Missouri river ON Walnut % l;Rh
street and thence on Grand avenue 70 westpOrt
a distance OF four miles This line also viii ~
completed within the present year, and with the
18TH street une, built by the same company which
Is composed largely OF Boston capitalists win cost
q, $50 600. Thus In addition to superb east and
west transit facilities the close OF the year wan
see the city supplied With six and hall miles OF
north and south cable roadA and consected with
its southern suburb, westport. ~ II is With IT'S
Summarized, the Metropolitan company viii
have nine miles OF double track cable road csutirr
q, 600; the kansas City cable railroad COM
pany. seven miles. costing el,250,0 600; and The
Grand avenue company, seven miles, costing a.
10000; twenty-three miles In all. costing e[O0O.
Sranst cnany WI, no .ns I'm, sne interstate rad
waited and surface road, costing 81 100 100 akfng
the total expenditure for rapid transit lines in the
city proper something over ii, 100000
Besides these rapid transit lines the Metropol,.
tan company has the Independence avenue Double
track horse line, one and one-fowth miles IN
length: the Broadway double track horrse ltpe
running from 9Th and Main streets TO IStA and
Madison avenue, a distance OF one and one-hasf
miles; the stock yards and ArmOurdale sSnvie
track line, two miles in length RUNNING f,ssm
Union avenue and Mulberry street on 18Th and
bel streets 70 the stock yards and Armourdale,
9th street on Main TO 18th street and thence -
the southwest boulevard to the state line INA
metropolitan company has also the 18th street
line, Two ana one-Quafter miles IN length run.
ming on Main from 9th 70 18th and thence on the
latter 70 olive street. The company has a frsn-
chise for cable line on these streets and WIN
build the line within two years. Until n docs N
the 18TH street line will use the Delaware sfreef
line from 9TH 70 9Th streets, thereby Connecting
ing street road is the 5th street electric railWay
running from Grand avenue 70 Forrssst Avenue <
@ssance OF one miie, which promises 70 be soon IN
miles, making the mileage OF rapid transit and
horse roads thirty eight mlles.
The 10th street cable line has not vet been m<n.
TONED. IL Is 70 run from Main street on lOsh
street 70 BROOKLYN avenue and thence south 70 tho
city limits. The franchise was granted Last week
and the projectors gave a bond 70 insure conpli-
ance with the ordinance which requires work 10
be commenced within six month s and the road IN
be completed within three years
However, Kansas City does not need the lOth
street line TO be the second city In the Tinted
states In point OF cable railway mileage. she a.
surpassed only by San Francisco. where it has
taken Since lSI3 build tltrf mi lnf
Chicago built her FIRST cable road In lss2 and by
the end OF lSS7 WILL have almost az many mtlas -
Kansas City. ST. Louis has only three nlleG ON.
0nnau four miles In operation and three more IN
course OF construction, New York has three mflea
Philadelphia nye, and Los Angeles two miles OF
Single tr1ck Omaha has three miles projected
TkADEMARK CAsK.-Sofne time since an action
was brought In Brussels aguinst English dealers In
extract of meat, TO prevent them rum using the
title OF Sharon Lebigs Extract, or from placing
the photograph OF the late Baron Justus Won Las
tue OF Baron uebig. The action Was brought hy
the Lebig Extract OF Meat Company and Was
SUCCESSFUL The English dealers thereupOp took
the case into the court or appeal The judgment
was given LAST week, confirming the dociSl0n q
the tribunal o. commerce ana condemninQ the
English dcalerH who were Defendants IN the
action, 70 pay damages, and also restraining them
nom making any further use Of the name u lle-
big or Baron I1ebig, or OF the photograph, this
night being declared 10 be the exclusive nropertV
0 the Liebig Extract OF Meax Company,-LnGS0a
7InseS January l3. 1851.
A SlCKRElN0 DIsCovERY.-A most hOG71hae dis.
cOvery was made In Green county, this state lass
Saturday. The dead body OF John k0s6a Vas
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